Which organism that was the first to be used to relate the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis to Mendel's principles of Segregation and Independent Assortment?
A) Garden peas
B) Summer squash
C) Drosophila
D) Chickens
E) Sweetpeas

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Drosophila (fruit flies) were the first organism to be used to relate the behavior of chromosomes during meiosis to Mendel's principles of Segregation and Independent Assortment. This work was done by Thomas Hunt Morgan in the early 1900s. While garden peas were used by Mendel in his original experiments on inheritance, they were not used to study chromosome behavior during meiosis.

Which Organism That Was the First to Be Used to Relate